Cases from High Court of Malawi
Pandirker v Republic
Criminal Appeal Number 55 of 1972The Applicant, who was charged in the First Grade Magistrate's Court, Thyolo, with causing death by dangerous driving, was convicted and sentenced to...
Chiyembekezo Missi t/a Good Hope General Dealers v George Macheka and Rachael Fatchi
Commercial Cause Number 181 of 2025The 1st Defendant sought an order from the High Court, Commercial Division, to suspend the enforcement of a default judgment entered against him on 15...
Louis Thonyiwa v Castel Malawi Breweries Ltd (Personal Injury Case 73 of 2018) 2021 MWHC 278
(Personal Injury Case 73 of 2018) 2021 MWHC 278The Claimant brought a claim for damages in the High Court for personal injuries sustained due to the alleged negligence of the Defendant, a soft drin...
Liyawo v Chilemba
Civil Cause Number: 1436/1995 ([2002–2003] MLR 164 (HC))The plaintiff, Liyawo, brought the action herein claiming for damages for pain and suffering and special damages in the sum of K8 045 85 against his...
Mrs L. Mtileni v Registered Trustees of Blantyre Adventist Hospital
Civil Cause Number: 1831/2001 ([2006] MLR 309 (HC))The Plaintiff, Mrs Grace Mtileni, brought an action on behalf of the estate of her deceased child and on her own behalf against the Defendants, the R...
First Merchant Bank Limited v. Eisenhower Mkaka and Others
Civil Appeal No. 1 of 2016The Appellant appealed to the High Court, Lilongwe District Registry, against the assessment of compensation by the Industrial Relations Court (IRC) f...
The State (On the Application of ADMARC Limited) v The Ombudsman
Judicial Review Case number 137 of 2018 (High Court)The Claimant, ADMARC Limited, sought judicial review in the High Court, Principal Registry, against a determination by the Ombudsman concerning the un...
Nixon Finiyasi v The State
Bail Application number 157 of 2020The Applicant, who was facing a murder charge, sought a re-application for bail after the State failed to comply with a court order to commence his tr...
Chinyama Taumbe Phiri v Martina Kachere Civil Cause No. 282 of 2016
Civil Cause No. 282 of 2016The Claimant sought an order to dispense with mediation and for further directions in a claim for a declaration of a resulting trust over a property....
Lazarous Kanthomba v. Speedy’s Limited
HC/PR Civil Cause 2854 of 2006The Plaintiff commenced an action in the High Court, Principal Registry, seeking either rescission of a motor vehicle sale contract or damages in the...